{"id":13218,"date":"2021-07-31T01:34:01","date_gmt":"2021-07-30T23:34:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wibutec.com\/?post_type=docs&#038;p=13218"},"modified":"2023-03-30T11:16:47","modified_gmt":"2023-03-30T09:16:47","password":"","slug":"wie-ist-die-rechtliche-lage-beim-auftreten-eines-mangels-an-einem-neufahrzeug","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/wibutec.de\/en\/wissensdatenbank\/wie-ist-die-rechtliche-lage-beim-auftreten-eines-mangels-an-einem-neufahrzeug\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the legal situation when a defect occurs in a new vehicle?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\">\t<div  class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_column-gap-default ts-row-wide\"  ><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to \u00a7 433 of the German Civil Code (BGB), the seller is obligated to deliver to the buyer an item free from defects in quality and legal defects within the scope of a purchase agreement. An item is free from defects in quality if, at the time of the transfer of risk, it has the agreed-upon characteristics or, if no agreements have been made, if it is suitable for the assumed or ordinary use (\u00a7 434 paragraph 1 BGB).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If there is a defect in a purchased item, the customer has a right to warranty against the seller. In general, the customer has the option to demand subsequent performance (Section 437 No. 1 of the German Civil Code), to withdraw from the purchase contract, or to reduce the purchase price (Section 437 No. 2 of the German Civil Code), and under certain conditions, to claim damages or reimbursement of futile expenses (Section 437 No. 3 of the German Civil Code). The German Civil Code (BGB) prioritizes subsequent performance, which means that the buyer usually has to set a reasonable deadline for subsequent performance to the seller before they can exercise the other statutory warranty rights under \u00a7 437 Nos. 2 and 3 BGB (\u00a7 323 (1) BGB). In the context of subsequent performance, the buyer can choose between rectification of the defect (remedial action) or delivery of a defect-free item (replacement) (\u00a7 439 (1) BGB).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Date: 01.10.2017 - Changes and errors excepted.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Gem\u00e4\u00df \u00a7 433 BGB ist der Verk\u00e4ufer verpflichtet, im Rahmen eines Kaufvertrags dem K\u00e4ufer eine Sache frei von Sach- und Rechtsm\u00e4ngeln zu \u00fcbergeben. Eine Sache ist frei von Sachm\u00e4ngeln, wenn sie zum Zeitpunkt des Gefahr\u00fcbergangs die vereinbarte Beschaffenheit hat oder - sofern keine Vereinbarungen getroffen wurden - f\u00fcr die vorausgesetzte bzw. gew\u00f6hnliche Verwendung geeignet ist [...]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"doc_category":[5],"doc_tag":[],"class_list":["post-13218","docs","type-docs","status-publish","hentry","doc_category-allgemeine-fragen-und-antworten"],"year_month":"2026-09","word_count":213,"total_views":"7411","reactions":{"happy":"0","normal":"0","sad":"0"},"author_info":{"name":"wibutec","author_nicename":"wibutec","author_url":"https:\/\/wibutec.de\/en\/author\/wibutec\/"},"doc_category_info":[{"term_name":"Allgemeine Fragen und Antworten","term_url":"https:\/\/wibutec.de\/en\/wissensdatenbank-category\/allgemeine-fragen-und-antworten\/"}],"doc_tag_info":[],"knowledge_base_info":[],"knowledge_base_slug":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wibutec.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/13218","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wibutec.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wibutec.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/docs"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wibutec.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wibutec.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13218"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wibutec.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/13218\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13950,"href":"https:\/\/wibutec.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/13218\/revisions\/13950"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wibutec.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"doc_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wibutec.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_category?post=13218"},{"taxonomy":"doc_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wibutec.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_tag?post=13218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}